Charles III of Aquitaine

Charles III "the Child" of Aquitaine (2 January 847-30 January 866) was the king of Aquitaine from 855 to 866, succeeding Charles II of West Francia and preceding Louis II of Aquitaine.

Biography
Charles the Child was born in 847, the second son of Charles the Bald and brother of Louis the Stammerer. To appease Aquitainian separatists who had overthrown the previously-appoined king Pepin II of Aquitaine, Charles the Bald made the young Charles the king of Aquitaine in 855. Within a year, Pepin became king again, but he was again deposed and Charles restored. In 864 Pepin was imprisoned at Senlis, and Charles remained a puppet of his father. Later in his reign, he exercised what little power he had by marrying a wife against his father's will, but he was forced to put his wife away to be loyal to his father. Charles was not allowed to bestow or take away privileges, dispose of royal property, or grant lands to religious establishments. In 864 he was struck with a sword on the head during mock combat with an acquaintance during a hunt, and he was left mentally incapacitated until his premature death in 866.